TripAdvisor Reviews Hotel Kalevala Kuhmo

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So, today after 8 hours of travel by train and bus we have come to the place where we will spend our first ever "white Christmas". Words cannot describe how I feel tonight. I am so emotional, yes I know, Jen is normally "Gina hard faced *****" and never says what she feels however tonight I am overwhelmed.

Today we had our first full day here in Hotel Kavelala and the morning was filled with tobbogganing with the other families that have all arrived now....about 10 in all and most are Australians or expats. It is a bit strange being on the other side of the world and having everyone talk in Aussie accents...! All the kids have found a few other kids …

today was our last full day on our Christmas tour so we wanted to make the most of it....there has been a range of extra activities that you can do each day and today one of the options was a family husky adventure....knowing how much our kids like dogs and the thought of getting our own private husky tour was too much...! The farm has about 30 …

Today had another busy day with a range of taster activities to do...the day was milder than yesterday , it was only -10 which was noticably warmer than yesterday...the ends of your fingers did not burn with pain today! The hotel organised the local husky farm to bring a sled and 8 dogs for us to have short sled rides, also a horse and sled …

We firstly apologies for not getting a entry up yesterday on Christmas day....I think everyone skyping on Christmas morning crashed the wifi! It is back up now much to everyone's relief...a whole day without internet....imagine! yesterday is sort of a rest day in Finland and a chance to recover after the festivities of the night before....we …